Schrader’s newest film doesn’t shy away from unorthodox ideas “What better way to die than on the job?” asked Paul Schrader on Facebook last May.…
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It’s in the dimly-lit basement of a Kentucky orphanage that Beth Harmon first discovers the 64-square board. Her inquisitive spirit gets the better of the…
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Christopher Nolan has a thing for time. Call it a love affair, if you like, or a dangerous liaison. From his early outings (the stylishly-fragmented…
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Seven Hours in Cinematic Quarantine For reasons I need not mention, I’ve found myself with far too much time on my hands. Under normal circumstances…
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It’s not often you begin a movie up someone’s ass. Yes, you read that right. Uncut Gems opens with a sweeping 7,000-mile journey from the…
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You’d be forgiven for glancing at a poster or advert for HBO’s Watchmen and mentally giving the show a hard pass. TV and film are…
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Are the Oscars a relic of the past? We need to talk about Oscar. He’s starting to become a problem. Maybe we looked up to…
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Although not everyone outside of the United Kingdom is guaranteed to have heard of the 1970’s TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, both its title and the…
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Fog. A huge, murky curtain of it. After a tense moment, a steam boat emerges, chugging its way through the choppy waves as its sputtering…
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Harlan is dead. Harlan Thrombey, that is. You haven’t heard of him, but the cop duo investigating his apparent suicide has. In the universe of…
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